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3 Brazilians, 2 S. Africans arrested in Morocco for cocaine trafficking

Xinhua,May 09, 2018 Adjust font size:

RABAT, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Three Brazilians and two South Africans were arrested at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca over cocaine trafficking, the Moroccan police said on Tuesday.

According to a police statement, a total of 5.405 kg of cocaine filling 481 capsules was removed from the stomach of the five suspects at the Casablanca Ibn Rochd university hospital.

The suspects were on board a flight heading to Sao Paulo, Brazil, the same source said.

After being nabbed over suspicion of hiding cocaine, the suspects were transferred to the hospital where the drug was removed from their intestines, the source said.

Once their medical condition stabilized, the traffickers were remanded in police custody to complete the investigation led by the public prosecutor's office, it added.

Morocco has seized record 2.84 tons of cocaine in 2017, 1.5 tons more than the amount seized in 2016. Enditem

 

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